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Earrings of Madame de...

The Earrings of Madame de...

Max Ophüls


  • Country: France
  • Year: 1953
  • Language: French
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  • Runtime: 105 min.

Hailed as the greatest film of all time by Andrew Sarris, the godfather of American film criticism, Viennese master Max Ophüls' sumptuous tale of tragic love in the belle époque follows the circuitous route of a pair of earrings as they pass from France to Constantinople, from husband to moneylender to lover to mistress and back again, their journey revealing a society riddled by hypocrisy and betrayal.

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screening times

    • Saturday October 23
    • 5:00:00 PM
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    • Saturday November 13
    • 7:15:00 PM
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Hailed as the greatest film of all time by Andrew Sarris, the godfather of American film criticism, Viennese master Max Ophüls' sumptuous tale of tragic love in the belle époque follows the circuitous route of a pair of earrings as they pass from France to Constantinople, from husband to moneylender to lover to mistress and back again, their journey revealing a society riddled by hypocrisy and betrayal. Shot in Ophüls' typically lavish visual style—a swirling camera, extravagantly decorative sets and costumes—and graced by the beautifully refined performances of the never-more-gorgeous Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica and Charles Boyer, The Earrings of Madame de... is the apogee of romantic cinema.

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